Shead, D.C.
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
• South Africa accounts for approximately half of the Covid-19 cases on the African continent and as a result has undergone significant drastic healthcare restructuring to accommodate this • With an already high trauma and emergency care burden in South Africa and Africa at large, the Covid-19 imposed lockdown created a unique scenario to consider ...
Brown, Joel J. Rodríguez-Ruano, Sonia M. Poosakkannu, Anbu Batani, Giampiero Schmidt, Justin O. Roachell, Walter Zima, Jan Jr Hypša, Václav Nováková, Eva
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Microbiome
BackgroundKissing bugs (Triatominae) are blood-feeding insects best known as the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas’ disease. Considering the high epidemiological relevance of these vectors, their biology and bacterial symbiosis remains surprisingly understudied. While previous investigations revealed generally low individu...
Nijhuis, R.H.T. Russcher, A. de Jong, G.J. Jong, E. Herder, G.J.M. Remijn, J.A. Verweij, S.P.
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Journal of Clinical Virology
Correct and reliable identification of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 suspected patients is essential for diagnosis. Respiratory samples should always be tested with real-time PCR for SARS-CoV-2. In addition, blood samples have been tested, but without consistent results and therefore the added value of this sample type is unknown. The aim of this study wa...
Costa-Lima, Juliana Figueirêdo da Pimentel, Lílian Maria Lapa Montenegro Santos, Fabiana Cristina Fulco Salazar, Marcela Pereira Duarte, Rafael Silva Mello, Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Schindler, Haiana Charifker
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Laboratory and clinical features of childhood tuberculosis (TB) are non-specific and establishing an accurate diagnosis remains a challenge. This study evaluated a Single tube nested-PCR (STNPCR) to detect genomic DNA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in blood and urine. Biological samples were obtained from children (
Xiang, Hongkai Chen, Shisheng Zhou, Junhan Guo, Junxiu Zhou, Qingfeng Zhou, Qishuang
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The Journal of International Medical Research
Objective To assess changes in plasma exosome levels and protein content in mice after long-term exercise. Methods We subjected 9-month-old adult C57BL/6J mice to daily treadmill running exercise for 4 weeks prior to the isolation of blood-derived exosomes. Exosomal proteins were identified using mass spectrometry. Results Extracellular bodies were...
Lv, Min Li, Jing Gao, Xinxue Hao, Yurong Zhao, Fengxia
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
This study determined the expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and microRNA (miR)-17 in a mouse depression model. Forty male mice were divided evenly into control and depression groups. A chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model was constructed. qRT-PCR was used to determine the expression of PAI-1 mRNA and miR-17. Western ...
Nguyen, H. Yen Desai, Manisha S.
Now a routine lifesaving treatment, blood transfusion between humans became a safe procedure only after many early therapeutic disasters. Performed between different species, heterologous transfusions actually succeeded homologous transfusions, those performed between members of the same species. In the early history of transfusion, both homologous...
Getu, Sisay Shiferaw, Elias Melku, Mulugeta
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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
BackgroundPetrol is the non-specific term for petroleum which is used for inside combustion of engines. Petrol filling workers are highly vulnerable to occupational exposure to these harmful substances which lead to hemato-toxicity and blood disorders such as leukemia, aplastic anemia, and dysplastic bone marrow. Thus, this study was aimed to asses...
Ochi, Shinichiro Iga, Jun-ichi Funahashi, Yu Yoshino, Yuta Yamazaki, Kiyohiro Kumon, Hiroshi Mori, Hiroaki Ozaki, Yuki Mori, Takaaki Ueno, Shu-ichi
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Molecular Neurobiology
The testing of pathological biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), such as amyloid beta and tau, is time-consuming, expensive, and invasive. Here, we used 3xTg-AD mice to identify and validate putative novel blood transcriptome biomarkers of AD that can potentially be identified in the blood of patients. mRNA was extracted from the blood and hippo...
Muñoz, Diego Grijota, Francisco J. Bartolomé, Ignacio Siquier-Coll, Jesús Toro-Román, Víctor Maynar, Marcos
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Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
AimThe aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible effect of a period of 6 months of aerobic physical training on serum and urinary concentrations of arsenic (As), beryllium (Be), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb), potentially toxic minerals.MethodsTwenty-four well-trained, long distance runners (AG), were recruited at the start of their trainin...
